Tag: politics
French TV Show Laughs At The Credibility Of “The Fox News Clowns”
Earlier this week Fox News hosted Steven Emerson, an alleged terrorism expert, who claimed that the entire city of Birmingham, England was occupied by radical Muslims and was inaccessible to anyone else. His remarks were widely ridiculed, including by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, who called Emerson an “idiot.” Emerson later recanted and apologized… Read More ›
Hero Of Paris Grocery Store Siege To Get The Ultimate Reward From The French Government
Lassana Bathily, a Muslim man originally from Mali, saved several lives in the siege of a Paris grocery store: Lassana Bathily, a Muslim employee at Paris Kosher grocery store Hyper Cacher, saved several people by hiding them in a walk-in freezer when a gunman laid siege to his workplace on Friday. He later snuck… Read More ›
Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Rupert Murdoch’s Post-Hebdo Advice Is ‘Just Stop Being Muslim’
By Janet Allon – AlterNet.org 1. Rupert Murdoch: Basically, just don’t be Muslim. Fox, O’Reilly, CNN and right-wingers of all kinds have been harping away at the Muslim community all week about the need for moderate Muslims the world over to condemn the Charlie Hebdo attack and subsequent violence in Paris. Many Muslims and their… Read More ›
Chuck Todd’s Indirect Attack On Muslims Handled Brilliantly
Today Chuck Todd used a Wall Street Journal oped by ex-Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali to launch an indirect attack on Muslims albeit with much civility. She wrote the following. If we take the position that we are dealing with a handful of murderous thugs with no connection to what they so vocally claim, then we… Read More ›
“Some European Bloodbaths Are More Interesting Than Others”
By Jim Naureckas – Fair.org On July 24, 2011, two days after Anders Breivik slaughtered 77 people, mostly teenagers, in Norway to call attention to his view that Muslim immigration was a bad thing, NBC‘s Meet the Press didn’t mention the words “Breivik” or “Norway.” Nor did CBS‘s Face the Nation. On ABC, This Week… Read More ›
Heroic Muslim Man Saved Jewish Hostages During Paris Siege By Hiding Them In Freezer
By Barbara Morrill The next time someone blames all Muslims for the actions of terrorists, please point them to this: Lassana Bathily, a Muslim employee at Paris Kosher grocery store Hyper Cacher, saved several people by hiding them in a walk-in freezer when a gunman laid siege to his workplace on Friday.Amedy Coulibaly burst into the market… Read More ›
Right Wingers Taunting Muslims With Images Of Pork Are Bringing Back An Anti-Semitic Trope
By Zaid Jilani – Alternet.org It is sadly common to see grassroots conservatives engage in Islamophobia – it’s one of the most acceptable types of hate for the modern Republican Party. One way of spreading this hate is to mock Muslims with pigs or pork. Here’s one example, posted on the day of the Paris… Read More ›
Christian Militias In CAR Have Carried Out Ethnic Cleansing Of The Muslim Population
By Aljazeera.com UN report says Christian militias engaged in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in ongoing Central African Republic civil war. Christian militias in Central African Republic have carried out ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the country’s ongoing civil war, but there is no proof there was genocidal intent, a United Nations commission of… Read More ›
Okamura: Walk Your Pigs Near Mosques
By PraguePost.com MP urges Czechs to bother Muslims, says it is not xenophobia Prague, Jan 3 (ČTK) — Tomio Okamura, who heads the Czech opposition Dawn of Direct Democracy movement, has called on people on Facebook to bother Muslims in the Czech Republic by “walking pigs” in the vicinity of mosques, for example, which, he… Read More ›
Recent Comments